-- $5,000 grant: Serenity Soular – Philadelphia:Serenity Soular’s program is rooted in energy efficiency and solar panel education, training and job creation. They aim to integrate the objectives of expanding and deepening both the definition and practices of sustainability.

-- $3,000 grant: Saint Francis University Institute for Energy – Loretto, Cambria County: Saint Francis University Institute for Energy seeks to build upon their successful wind siting tool and develop a one stop shop database for assessing the feasibility of implementing a small, renewable system, and expedite the entire analysis process.

-- Business Competition – Final Results

-- $100,000 grant: CEWA Technologies, Inc – Wyomissing, Berks County: The concept for CEWA Technologies Inc. was born when a group of technical personnel were considering ways to bring clean energy and water to remote parts of the world. Inexpensive, plentiful energy is the foundation of all modern economies. Concentrating solar power - inexhaustible, sustainable, accessible - is part of the solution.

Imagine a solar concentrator dish capable of delivering 33.5 kW of thermal power, 14 kW of electricity or a combination of the two at a price competitive with fossil fuels. CEWA plans to use the winning grant to reduce manufacturing cost and time per unit.

-- $25,000 grant: EthosGen – Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County:EthosGen is developing a new energy system that could produce more electrical power from this immense resource of wasted heat. Their new prototype could create substantial new global opportunities to harvest thermal energy from renewable and waste heat resources, providing affordable, stable and reliable power for on and off-grid needs.

-- $3,000 grant: Renewable Homes, LLC – Philadelphia: Renewable Homes seeks to promote an “Abundant Conversation” lifestyle through the development of residential rental properties that generate Net Zero energy through solar, Passive House design and batteries for home storage.

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About Me

This Blog is a companion to www.PaEnvironmentDigest.com, the weekly online newsletter published by Crisci Associates, Harrisburg, PA.
I can be contacted at 717-576-0420 or by sending email to: DHess@CrisciAssociates.com.
I served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from 2001 to 2003, Executive Deputy at DEP from 1995 to 2001, as staff to the PA Senate Environmental Committee and various positions in the former Department of Environmental Resources, working on environmental issues for nearly 40 years.